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The Effectiveness of Disaster Risk Communication: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies: This systematic review investigated effects of communication before, during and after disasters, including infection outbreaks. Many diverse interventions were associated with increased knowledge of preventive measures, but there was mixed evidence of change in planned risk behaviours relating to infection. Methods used to influence knowledge and behaviour included individual and group face-to-face information sessions, telephone calls, delivery of written information, mass media campaigns and innovative techniques such as mass SMS text messages and games for children. Results and limitations of intervention evaluations are summarised.

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German Journal for Quality in Health Care – Ebola – contradictions between knowledge and communication – The outbreak of the Ebola-virus epidemic is a human catastrophe which is taking place in a few of the poorest countries in the world. The outbreak needs far more attention from the global world than it is currently receiving. The situation is worsened by the inconsistent and frequently contradictory information for the public. It is more than urgent to understand that a substantial part of the solution to the Ebola outbreak is to consider it a public health problem which needs much improved communication and information for the public.

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